diff --git a/images/softwareVersions b/images/softwareVersions
index 978655fca5e199db44566b90965c3acca2f4c3a4..e88969ec54b5a0f782027d0e3eb16672c4817a42 100644
--- a/images/softwareVersions
+++ b/images/softwareVersions
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-php: '7.4-fpm-alpine3.15'
+php: '8.1-rc-fpm-alpine'
 
 # These values together define the version of nginx
 # Ref: https://github.com/nginxinc/docker-nginx/blob/master/stable/alpine/Dockerfile